Opinions on Aerial roots on ficus

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Arial roots on ficus?

Poll ended at February 9th, 2021, 9:27 pm

Clean trunk
3
12%
Arial roots
16
64%
Arial roots trained tight to trunk
6
24%
 
Total votes: 25

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Re: Opinions on Arial roots on ficus

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Keep Calm and Ramify wrote: January 10th, 2021, 9:05 am
greg27 wrote: January 10th, 2021, 7:49 am you can make them work for you:
I have been using them to build trunk girth- if they are trained by pulling tight against the trunk (or each other) they will fuse much quicker.
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How long did that take for you out of curiosity
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Post by Keep Calm and Ramify »

Rintar wrote: February 14th, 2021, 10:41 pm
Keep Calm and Ramify wrote: January 10th, 2021, 9:05 am
greg27 wrote: January 10th, 2021, 7:49 am you can make them work for you:
I have been using them to build trunk girth- if they are trained by pulling tight against the trunk (or each other) they will fuse much quicker.
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How long did that take for you out of curiosity
Hey Rintar, here is a link showing the progression.
viewtopic.php?f=104&t=25941

That image shown was taken in 2018.
Below is an image of what has grown this season.
Not quite a vomit of roots just yet... more like a gassy burp? ;)
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Lol solidified vomit maybe
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Re: Opinions on Aerial roots on ficus

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To be clear - I wasn’t meaning to offend anyone on any particular tree and indeed, this example is a harmonious flow.

More that my personal taste - for example - I recently took messy aerial roots off a NZ Christmas Tree and I’m happier with that tree now ... that said, it’s all subjective and as noted previously, there are many fine examples of trees where the aerial roots look great.


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